2024年美国水务行业研究报告：行业进展、市场变化、新兴挑战与阻碍（英文版）.docxVIP

2024

WaterReport

Contents

SustainabilityandDecarbonization28WaterConservation,LossMitigation

SustainabilityandDecarbonization

28

WaterConservation,LossMitigation

EmergeasTopTacticsforSustainability,Decarbonization

ClimateChange

33

ClimateChange:AnEvolvingParadigmforSustainableInfrastructure

4

ARisingTideofChange:U.S.Water

SectorNavigatingChallenges,

OpportunitiesasSustainability,Resilience

DriveDiscussion

Cybersecurity

10

GrowingConcernAboutCyberattacksCallsforAdditionalGuidance

Workforce39The

Workforce

39

The‘SilverTsunami’:SurgingRetirementsStokeWorkplaceChallengesforU.S.

WaterUtilities

16

ModularSolutions,PredictiveModellingGoodStepsTowardManagingDrinkingWaterContamination

AssetManagement,DigitalWater41AsDataMaturityLevels

AssetManagement,DigitalWater

41

AsDataMaturityLevelsRise,DigitalWaterStrategiesareRevisited

AbouttheAuthors

49

21

ManagingCurrent,EmergingRegulationsinWastewater

Rates

25

GrowingNeedsforInfrastructureInvestment,RatepayerEducation

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ARisingTideofChange:U.S.WaterSectorNavigatingChallenges,Opportunitiesas

Sustainability,ResilienceDriveDiscussion

AnyoneunversedintherapidtorrentofchangeintheU.S.

AnyoneunversedintherapidtorrentofchangeintheU.S.water

sectorneedstoonlyappreciatewhattheindustry’sstakeholders

consideredtheirtopheadachesafewshortyearsago.Citedin

2019byeightof10respondentstoBlackVeatch’ssurveyforits

assessmentofthesector,aginginfrastructureoverwhelminglyruledtheroost,asithasinvirtuallyallofthe13editionsofthisyearly

report.Justifyingcapitalimprovementplansandraterequirements,managingcapitalcosts,systemresilience,anddatacollectionandmanagementfollowed,none